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12/28/2011

I Survived The Year With These Songs: "I Follow Rivers" - Lykke Li

ICE QUEEN: "I Follow Rivers" Lykke Li

Lykke Li is full of youthful energy. The Scandinavian singer took her rambunctious attitude and crafted an infectious pop manifesto about adolescent love, loss, and the "nasty bits" in between. On Wounded Rhymes, Li doesn't want to grow up; every song is more direct, darker, and moodier. (The songstress spent six months writing and recording the album in Los Angeles; according to an interview she gave Pitchfork on November 18, 2010, she chose L.A. because Sweden is "so fucking cold and dark" and didn't need to cloud her already-dark mood.) On "I Follow Rivers," Li promises to follow her lover all the way to the "deep sea baby." But is her assurance guided by true love or suicidal obsession? Or is it more possible that the songstress is begging her audience to follow her into the depths of the sea? With her hypnotic voice, I certainly would.